Happy October!

I admit, I'm obsessed with my son's feet- little wonder footprint art appeals to me.
What you need:
Non toxic white and black paint
Paint brush ( I used a sponge one to paint his feet and a regular but you can just use a regular one )
Metal bucket
Extra person to help wrangle :)

One person holds your little muse the other Paints the bottom of their feet white.
Press the foot against the bucket ( heel at the top toes pointing down ).
Clean off those toes.
Paint Boo!! Next to the imprint.
Let it dry.
Paint eyes and a mouth on the imprint in black.
Let it dry.
Done!

Optional- tie a ribbon on the handle or fill with candy.

Nutella and PB Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Ingredients
3/4 cup Nutella
1/2 cup Peanutbutter
½ cups Sugar
1 cup All-purpose Flour
2 Eggs
Blend all ingedients together well. Drop onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 12 minutes or until set.
Makes 1 dozen.

These were adapted from a recipe found on the Tasty Kitchen website :
http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/nutella-cookies/
Not to shabby for a quick cookie, they need a bit more tweaking . Suggestions?

Tater Tot Casserole

This is the best version I've come up with so far!

1 can crm of mushroom soup
1lb ground beef
1 can pinto beans (omit beef and do 2 cans beans for vegetarians or cheaper dinner)
1 can of mushrooms
1/2 small bag frozen corn
Small white onion chopped
4oz shredded cheddar cheese
2 cloves garlic chopped
Adobe
Italian seasoning
Garlic powder
9x12 pan greased

Oven at 450 - brown meat- season with italian and adobe seasonings, sweat onion and garlic in pan at end of browning( doesn't need to cook through).

Put meat mix in pan with soup, beans, and mushrooms - mix.

Top with tater tots, sprinkle with garlic powder, and the cheese.

Bake 25 minutes and enjoy!!!

Autumn in Air

Apples, leaves, frost in the air, not to mention boot weather! Are you ready for fall?

Instagram- and another fun find

Now that our little guy is getting into a schedule I have time for things like showers and new aps.
If you missed the boat like me jump on to Instagram- super fun photo effects for your pics, add them to ones as you snap or pics you have. Like this pic :)
Song Pop- challenge your friends music knowledge. Also links you to iTunes if you want to buy the songs that played...smart move.
What is keeping your fingers busy?

Simple

Have you ever wished to take a step back?
Do things a bit simpler?
A friend of mine is doing just that. If you want to follow her journey check out her blog- http://homesteadingiswheretheheartis.blogspot.com/

I'm not sure if I'm ready to completely jump ship and go back to the basics but I know Shannon will be inspiring me to look twice at quite a few things in my day to day. I hope she can do the same for you!

Do you follow any inspirational blogs?

DIY Baby Food

I can't believe how easy it is to make baby food! Jackson's first meal was this week- on the menu, sweet potatoes. Steam them (10 min in the Baby Bullet steamer), pop them in my chopper (I have the Baby Bullet chopper too) with 1 cup of water. Done. 5lb bag sweet potatoes $3, 1 small potato made 4 containers of food! 15 minutes tops. Up next Apples!